On March 8, the La Mesa-El Cajon Branch of American Association of University Women’s meeting is featuring San Diego Padres Account Executive Hannah Plackowski and New York Liberty Executive Assistant to the CEO Sarah Cloutier, who will discuss empowering women in sports.
Regular monthly La Mesa-El Cajon Branch meetings are open to the public and are held in King Hall at Foothills United Methodist Church, 4031 Avocado Blvd. in La Mesa and begins at 9:30 a.m.
Plackowski, from the Bay Area, grew up playing competitive soccer, closing out her soccer-playing years at Canada Community College before transferring to the University of California Santa Barbara to pursue her degree in economics. During her time there, she was involved in the Sports Management Program. In 2021, she began her career with the San Diego Padres. During her first year, she sold about $1,000,000 in season tickets and was part of the first-ever Padres sales team to sell out all the club’s season tickets and launch a season ticket waitlist. In recognition of her efforts, she was named the department’s Rookie of the Year. At the end of the 2022 season, Hannah made a lateral move to the Group Tickets & Hospitality team. During her first year, the department finished #1 in Major League Baseball, selling more group and hospitality tickets than every other team.
Cloutier is currently the Executive Assistant to the CEO for the 2024 WNBA Champions, New York Liberty. While in graduate school, she interned for the Brooklyn Nets in Public Relations and was the director of Basketball Operations for the 2024 NCAA Division III Champions, NYU Women’s Basket¬ball. During her undergraduate career, she played NCAA Division II basketball for Daemen University, majoring in Business Administration, also specializing in Sports Management, and minoring in Human Resources. Originally from San Diego, California, she aspires to continue her career working in women’s basketball and further advancing the sport to new levels.
